About The Word Ash
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Ash
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What's The Definition Of Ash?
[n] any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus
[n] strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats [n] the residue that remains when something is burned [v] convert into ashes Synonyms | Synonyms for Ash: ash tree Related Terms | Find terms related to Ash: alluvion | alluvium | ashes | brand | calx | carbon | charcoal | cinder | cinders | clinker | clinkers | coal | coals | coke | coom | deposition | deposits | diluvium | draff | dregs | dross | ember | embers | feces | froth | fume | fumes | grounds | lava | lees | loess | moraine | offscum | precipitate | precipitation | reek | scoria | scum | sediment | settlings | silt | sinter | slag | smoke | smudge | smut | soot | sublimate | sullage See Also | alter | Arizona ash | ash | ash-key | basket ash | black ash | blue ash | bone ash | brown ash | change | common European ash | downy ash | European ash | flowering ash | fly ash | Fraxinus | Fraxinus Americana | Fraxinus caroliniana | Fraxinus cuspidata | Fraxinus dipetala | Fraxinus excelsior | Fraxinus latifolia | Fraxinus nigra | Fraxinus oregona | Fraxinus ornus | Fraxinus pennsylvanica | Fraxinus quadrangulata | Fraxinus texensis | Fraxinus tomentosa | Fraxinus velutina | genus Fraxinus | hoop ash | manna ash | mountain ash | Oregon ash | pumpkin ash | red ash | residue | swamp ash | tree | white ash | wood | Ygdrasil | Yggdrasil Ash In Webster's Dictionary \Ash\ ([a^]sh), n. [OE. asch, esh, AS. [ae]sc; akin to OHG.
asc, Sw. & Dan. ask, Icel. askr, D. esch, G. esche.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of trees of the Olive family, having
opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species furnishing
valuable timber, as the European ash ({Fraxinus
excelsior}) and the white ash ({F. Americana}).
{Prickly ash} ({Zanthoxylum Americanum}) and {Poison ash}
({Rhus venenata}) are shrubs of different families,
somewhat resembling the true ashes in their foliage.
{Mountain ash}. See {Roman tree}, and under {Mountain}.
2. The tough, elastic wood of the ash tree.
Note: Ash is used adjectively, or as the first part of a
compound term; as, ash bud, ash wood, ash tree, etc.
\Ash\, n., sing. of {Ashes}. Note: Ash is rarely used in the singular except in connection with chemical or geological products; as, soda ash, coal which yields a red ash, etc., or as a qualifying or combining word; as, ash bin, ash heap, ash hole, ash pan, ash pit, ash-grey, ash-colored, pearlash, potash. {Bone ash}, burnt powered; bone earth. {Volcanic ash}. See under {Ashes}. \Ash\, v. t. To strew or sprinkle with ashes. --Howell. |
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